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Chateau Talbot is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. It was classified as one of ten Quatrimes Crus Classs (Fourth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
The Chateau used to be the property of Sir John Talbot, Governor of Aquitaine, Earl of Shrewsbury, in the 15th century. The property belonged to the Marquis of Aux for several decades, receiving its first Cocks & Fret lists in 1846 and 1855 and fourth growth classification in 1855. It was then bought by Monsieur A. Claverie in 1899, before being acquired by Desir Cordier in 1917. His son Georges, then his grandson Jean inherited the property and since his death in 1993 the present owners are his daughter Nancy Bignon-Cordier and her husband Jean-Paul, the fourth generation of the Cordier family.
The vineyard area of Chateau Talbot extends 102 hectares (250 acres), located a short distance from the Gironde estuary, is among the largest in Bordeaux. The vineyard is on fine gravelly rises, which are well drained. The distribution of red wine grape varieties is 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 4.5% Petit Verdot and 1.5% Cabernet Franc. The average age of the vines is 42 years old with a 45 hl/ha yield. The wine is aged in 50% new oak barrels and Stephane Derenoncourt is the consultant alongside Eric Boissenot.
There are also cultivated white grape varieties on 4 ha (9.9 acres), given to 80% Sauvignon blanc and 20% Semillon. All the grapes are harvested by hand with no fewer than 180 grape-pickers and may be fermented either in wood or stainless steel tanks. Chateau Talbot produces three wines; an eponymous grand vin, a second wine called Connetable de Talbot released since the 1979 vintage, respectively aged 15 and 12 months in oak barresl, and one of the Medoc's oldest dry white wines, Caillou Blanc.
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